Biswamoy (Hrsg.) Pati

The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India

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This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary research, the contributions offer valuable insight into topics that have recently received increased scholarly attention, including the use of opiates and the role of advertising in driving medical markets. The contributors, both established and emerging scholars in the field, incorporate sources ranging from palm leaf manuscripts to arc… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Harrison, Mark (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-134-04259-3
EAN: 9781134042593
Produktnummer: 14483959
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'547 KB
Abbildungen: 7 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 7 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Biswamoy Pati is Reader in the Department of History at Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, India. His research interests focus on colonial Indian social history and recent publications include an edited book, The Nature of 1857 (2007), and a book co-edited with Waltraud Ernst entitled India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism (2007).Mark Harrison is Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at Oxford University. His publications include Public Health in British India (1994), Climates and Constitutions (1999) and a co-edited book with Biswamoy Pati, Health, Medicine and Empire (2001).